Multi-scale attention network (MSAN) for track circuits fault diagnosis

Abstract As one of the three major outdoor components of the railroad signal system, the track circuit plays an important role in ensuring the safety and efficiency of train operation. Therefore, when a fault occurs, the cause of the fault needs to be found quickly and accurately and dealt with in a...

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Main Authors: Weijie Tao, Xiaowei Li, Jianlei Liu, Zheng Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59711-2
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Xiaowei Li
Jianlei Liu
Zheng Li
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Zheng Li
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description Abstract As one of the three major outdoor components of the railroad signal system, the track circuit plays an important role in ensuring the safety and efficiency of train operation. Therefore, when a fault occurs, the cause of the fault needs to be found quickly and accurately and dealt with in a timely manner to avoid affecting the efficiency of train operation and the occurrence of safety accidents. This article proposes a fault diagnosis method based on multi-scale attention network, which uses Gramian Angular Field (GAF) to transform one-dimensional time series into two-dimensional images, making full use of the advantages of convolutional networks in processing image data. A new feature fusion training structure is designed to effectively train the model, fully extract features at different scales, and fusing spatial feature information through spatial attention mechanisms. Finally, experiments are conducted using real track circuit fault datasets, and the accuracy of fault diagnosis reaches 99.36%, and our model demonstrates better performance compared to classical and state-of-the-art models. And the ablation experiments verified that each module in the designed model plays a key role.
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spelling doaj.art-0ab4bcdb83f84feab691ff84b45656bb2024-04-21T11:18:44ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-04-0114111210.1038/s41598-024-59711-2Multi-scale attention network (MSAN) for track circuits fault diagnosisWeijie Tao0Xiaowei Li1Jianlei Liu2Zheng Li3Department of Rail Transportation, Shandong Jiaotong UniversityDepartment of Rail Transportation, Shandong Jiaotong UniversityDepartment of Cyberspace Security, Qufu Normal UniversityDepartment of Rail Transportation, Shandong Jiaotong UniversityAbstract As one of the three major outdoor components of the railroad signal system, the track circuit plays an important role in ensuring the safety and efficiency of train operation. Therefore, when a fault occurs, the cause of the fault needs to be found quickly and accurately and dealt with in a timely manner to avoid affecting the efficiency of train operation and the occurrence of safety accidents. This article proposes a fault diagnosis method based on multi-scale attention network, which uses Gramian Angular Field (GAF) to transform one-dimensional time series into two-dimensional images, making full use of the advantages of convolutional networks in processing image data. A new feature fusion training structure is designed to effectively train the model, fully extract features at different scales, and fusing spatial feature information through spatial attention mechanisms. Finally, experiments are conducted using real track circuit fault datasets, and the accuracy of fault diagnosis reaches 99.36%, and our model demonstrates better performance compared to classical and state-of-the-art models. And the ablation experiments verified that each module in the designed model plays a key role.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59711-2Multi-scale neural networkGramian Angular Field (GAF)Spatial attentionFeature fusionFault diagnosis
spellingShingle Weijie Tao
Xiaowei Li
Jianlei Liu
Zheng Li
Multi-scale attention network (MSAN) for track circuits fault diagnosis
Scientific Reports
Multi-scale neural network
Gramian Angular Field (GAF)
Spatial attention
Feature fusion
Fault diagnosis
title Multi-scale attention network (MSAN) for track circuits fault diagnosis
title_full Multi-scale attention network (MSAN) for track circuits fault diagnosis
title_fullStr Multi-scale attention network (MSAN) for track circuits fault diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed Multi-scale attention network (MSAN) for track circuits fault diagnosis
title_short Multi-scale attention network (MSAN) for track circuits fault diagnosis
title_sort multi scale attention network msan for track circuits fault diagnosis
topic Multi-scale neural network
Gramian Angular Field (GAF)
Spatial attention
Feature fusion
Fault diagnosis
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59711-2
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